Wisconsin’s Tomah-Sparta Speedway was in action on Friday, June 7. Winning features were Bentley Thompson in Bandoleros and Ayrton Brockhouse in Legends.
Read the race recaps below by Paul Reichert (Legends and Bandolero portions extracted for posting on LN).
When you witness a driver getting on a major roll winning race after race, you know that this driver has the talent and the abilities to drive anything. You wonder how far a driver can go and how far he can take his racing career. That is most definitely the case for reigning INEX Great North Legends champion Aryton Brockhouse. Brockhouse has learned a lot about the racing world and the Legends race cars from his dad Tim. Last week Brockhouse set a new track qualifying record for the Legends, then went out this week and reset his own track qualifying record. Brockhouse continues to dominate the feature races as he captured his third straight victory of the year, and his fifth in the last two seasons.
The INEX Great North Legend feature saw a new face to Tomah lead the early going as Ryan Laatsch outran Ayden Brockhouse to turn one. Robby Carter caught up to Laatsch and drove around him on the outside to settle into the lead on lap three. Anne Green spun out on the front straight to bring out the caution on lap six. Ayrton Brockhouse stuck right behind Carter off the restart as he waited for the right moment to go after the lead. Brockhouse made his move under Carter coming out of turn two to take charge of the race on lap eight. Just like in the previous two features, you would think that Brockhouse would pull away to a huge advantage. That was not the case as Carter stayed within a couple car lengths of Brockhouse in the hope Carter would have another chance to go for the win. That opportunity would not come as Brockhouse ran his season streak to three wins in three features.
Carter Stein surged past Blake Michael to take the lead early in the INEX Bandolero feature. Bentley Thompson was quickly slicing and dicing his way through the traffic before he caught up to Stein and drove around him for the top spot on lap two. Thompson was running a very solid race with a huge lead on the field, but as the crossed flags were displayed Cole Kurth was slowly reeling in Thompson. Thompson held a two or three car length lead on Kurth, but with four laps remaining they would be joined by birthday boy Wesley Barmeister. Try as they might Kurth and Barmeister were unable to make a dent in Thompson’s lead as the ‘Junior Silver Slingshot’ captured his third Bandolero feature win out of the last five races.
INEX Great North Legends
Feature (15 laps): 1 Ayrton Brockhouse, 2. Elliott Weiler, 3. Robby Carter, 4. Andrew Borntreger, 5. Russ Weiler, 6. Ayden Brockhouse, 7. Ryan Laatsch, 8. Cael Slater, 9. Devin Dieringer, 10. Matt Schecklman, 11. Jensen Vadnais, 12. Hayden Dieringer, 13. Devon Lee, 14. Anne Green, 15. Daden Barclay, 16. Paul Finch, 17. Dalton Lee
Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. Daden Barclay, 2. Hayden Dieringer, 3. Anne Green, 4. Devon Lee, 5. Dalton Lee, 6. Paul Finch
Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. Cael Slater, 2. Ayden Brockhouse, 3. Matt Schecklman, 4. Devin Dieringer, 5. Ryan Laatsch, 6. Jensen Vadnais
Heat #3 (8 laps):: 1. Robby Carter, 2. Ayrton Brockhouse, 3. Elliott Weiler, 4. Russ Weiler, 5. Andrew Borntreger
Qualifying: 1. Ayrton Brockhosue 16.539 (NEW TRACK RECORD), 2. Elliott Weiler 16.728, 3. Robby Carter 16.774, 4. Andrew Borntreger 16.838, 5. Russ Weiler 16.867, 6. Ayden Brockhaus 16.875, 7. Ryan Laatsch 16.946, 8. Cael Slater 17.067, 9. Devin Dieringer 17.166, 10. Matt Schecklman 17.469, 11. Jensen Vadnais 17.534, 12. Hayden Dieringer 17.570, 13. Devon Lee 17.709, 14. Anne Green 17.742, 15. Daden Barclay 17.770, 16. Paul FInch 18.032, 17. Dalton Lee 18.327
INEX Bandoleros
Feature (15 laps): 1. Bentley Thompson, 2. Cole Kurth, 3. Wesley Barmeister, 4. Carter Stein, 5. Blake Michael, 6. Ransom Tate, 7. Mason Westphal, 8. Ethan Jensen, 9. Logen Carter, 10. Axel Oldenhoff, 11. Ace Oldenhoff
Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. Carter Stein, 2. Blake Michael, 3. Ransom Tate, 4. Logen Carter, 5. Ethan Jensen, 6. Mason Westphal
Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. Bentley Thompson, 2. Axel Oldenhoff, 3. Cole Kurth, 4. Wesley Barmeister, 5. Ace Oldenhoff
Qualifying: 1. Wesley Barmeister 18.038, 2. Bentley Thompson 18.0169, 3. Axel Oldenhoff 18.236, 4. Cole Kurth 18.463, 5. Ace Oldenhoff 18.583, 6. Blake Michael 18.878, 7. Carter Stein 18.920, 8. Ransom Tate 19.232, 9. Mason Westphal 19.463, 10. Logen Carter 19.496, 11. Ethan Jensen 20.236
Photo credits: Cody Anderson Photography
